title: The burden of cyclothymia on alcohol dependence.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The relationship between cyclothymic temperament and alcoholism remains insufficiently explored.
  
  
  METHODS
  A sample of 125 alcohol-dependent patients diagnosed according to DSM-IV-TR criteria (APA, 2000) was recruited from a clinical setting. Cyclothymic temperament was diagnosed according to the Portuguese version of the Akiskal and Akiskal (2005) temperament scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Alcohol dependent patients who score positive (above mean) for CT present to some extent a more severe profile of alcohol-related problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Correlational study
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  CT traits in alcohol dependents seems to influence whether subjects engage earlier in pathological alcohol use and present particular alcohol-related problems, in particular Cloninger type II alcoholism phenotype.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatric Service and Medical Psychology from Santa Maria Universitary Hospital of Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: samuelpombo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Samuel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pombo
authors.forename: M Luísa
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Figueira
authors.forename: Nuno Félix
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: da Costa
authors.forename: Fátima
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ismail
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kareen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiskal
authors.forename: Hagop
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Akiskal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D003527:Cyclothymic Disorder / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013694:Temperament
keywords: Alcohol dependence; Alcoholism typology; Cyclothymic temperament